Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh

Senator
Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2015 – March 2021
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyMuttahida Qaumi Movement

Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh (Urdu: میاں محمد عتیق شیخ) is a Pakistani politician whio was a Member of Senate of Pakistan, affiliated with the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement.[1]

He is a businessman by profession and is the founder and chief executive of the Shalimar Group of Companies.[2]

Political career

Shaikh began his political career by joining the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in 2012.[3][2]

He became a member of the central executive committee of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement before becoming a member of the coordination committee in 2013.[2]

In 2014, he became the first president of the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement chapter in Punjab.[2]

In 2015, he was selected by the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement to run for the seat of Senate of Pakistan in 2015 Pakistani Senate election[4] from Sindh.[5] Some members of the MQM questioned the decision of Altaf Hussain to give the ticket to Shaikh to run in the Senate election from Sindh despite the fact that he hails from Punjab.[2] The Sindh United Party challenged the election of Sheikh as senator from Sindh for being a non-Sindhi and petitioned to get him disqualified.[6]

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan for the first time in 2015 Pakistani Senate election as a candidate of Muttahidda Qaumi Movement.[7][8][9][10]

In September 2016, a petition was filed to disqualify Shaikh from membership of the Senate for being "disloyal" to Pakistan following the controversial speech by Altaf Hussain. In October 2016, chairman of the Senate rejected the petition.[11][12]

In September 2017, he was expelled from the MQM.[13]

References

  1. ^ "List of current Senators". Senate of Pakistan. Senate of Pakistan. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e Azfar-ul-Ashfaque, Hasan Mansoor (6 March 2015). "Profiles of PPP, Muttahida Candidates". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Who's who of Sindh's senators". www.thenews.com.pk. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Malik charms MQM for PPP's victory in Senate". Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (17 February 2015). "182 candidates in the run for 52 Senate seats". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. ^ Ghori, Habib Khan (11 March 2015). "SUP plans to challenge election of non-native senators from Sindh". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  7. ^ Ghori, Habib Khan (6 March 2015). "Sindh senate election marred by horse-trading". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Five PPP, two MQM candidates elected as senators". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  9. ^ "PPP, MQM sweep Sindh Senate polls". The Nation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Senate Election: Unofficial Results". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  11. ^ Wasim, Amir (14 October 2016). "Rabbani rejects reference against MQM senators". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Unsubstantiated: Reference against MQM senators rejected - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  13. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (25 September 2017). "MQM-P senator expelled for voting in favour of Sharif". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.